Talk:History of County Wexford/Comments
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Rated as start-class. It's a very good article, and in many ways it exceeds good article standard, but its coverage of the 20th century is too weak. This leaves the article unbalanced, which would have to be corrected before it meets B-class criteria. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 04:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for rating the page and for your comments and suggestions. I will try to improve the 20th century period and submit for re-assessment. Dneale52 (talk) 22:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- I have now uprated the article to B-class; the twentieth century is now well-covered.
- This is an exceptionally-comprehensive local history article, and it seems to me that there is more than enough material in this article to allow you to bring it to featured article standard, and I hope you feel able to take the next steps to bringing it there. I have a few suggestions which may help if you want to take it in that direction.
- The main problem I see is that the article as it stands is too simply long. It may need splitting, but before considering that, I suggest that the first step should be to do some fairly heavy copy-editing. I know that may sound like a horrible prospect when so much work has been put into it, but I'm not suggesting dumping whole sections or anything, just to concentrate more on the things which actually relate to Wexford and are not covered in other articles. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Thanks for the suggestions for improvements, as input from others has been needed. A small amount of 20th century material could still probably be added and the addition of a few images/photos could help space the text - though difficult to obtain! However, the length of the page has been a worry. It is possible that I could remove some text from the 20th Century period that doesn't refer specifically to Co. Wexford, as you suggested. Also maybe some material could be moved to other pages and linked to this one or moved to a new page and linked - the 1798 Rebellion section is one section that I kept short as it could easily have grown too large - it has a page of its own anyhow. There are also one or two other possibilities. Basically, I will keep working on it. I will try make the changes and get back to you or if you look at the page from time to time leave a note and I will try and make the improvements. Thanks. Dneale52 (talk) 19:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- That's great. Good luck! --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
- The page is now 73 kilobytes long and just under 9,000 words in length (Prose - excluding refs., links, etc.). I had to create a new page titled 'County Wexford (1914-1923)'. I have made some other changes also - like adding footnotes and sources to scroll boxes. Can you have a look and tell me if the page is still too long or what other changes need to be made. I can delete further text possibly, but it will be difficult. Dneale52 (talk) 18:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
- That's great. Good luck! --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestions for improvements, as input from others has been needed. A small amount of 20th century material could still probably be added and the addition of a few images/photos could help space the text - though difficult to obtain! However, the length of the page has been a worry. It is possible that I could remove some text from the 20th Century period that doesn't refer specifically to Co. Wexford, as you suggested. Also maybe some material could be moved to other pages and linked to this one or moved to a new page and linked - the 1798 Rebellion section is one section that I kept short as it could easily have grown too large - it has a page of its own anyhow. There are also one or two other possibilities. Basically, I will keep working on it. I will try make the changes and get back to you or if you look at the page from time to time leave a note and I will try and make the improvements. Thanks. Dneale52 (talk) 19:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
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